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What to Watch Monday: The End of Jon and Kate

By Mike Hale November 23, 2009 7:17 amNovember 23, 2009 7:17 am

In the last episode of “Jon and Kate Plus 8″ (TLC, 9 p.m.), Kate takes the brood to a dairy farm for a lesson in cow-milking and Jon takes them to a firehouse. Then the two of them talk about the “recent life events” that have made this the last episode of “Jon and Kate Plus 8.”

“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS, 9:30 p.m.) proposes what would seem to be a scientific impossibility: Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) may hook up with the “Battlestar Galactica” amazon Katee Sackhoff, playing herself.

On the 46th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the National Geographic Channel presents “The Lost JFK Tapes: The Assassination” (9 p.m.), a moment by moment account of Nov. 22, 1963, and the days just after using television and radio reports and home movies that have not been widely seen. Read Neil Genzlinger’s review here.

ABC introduces “Find My Family” (9:30), a reality show that tracks down adopted children or biological parents and reunites the long separated under a “family tree” — an actual tree on a grassy hillside that appears to be somewhere in the California hills. Read Mike Hale’s review here.

TLC and Jon and Kate have milked this train wreck for as long as they could. It’s about time it was put to bed..permanently. Unfortunately, TLC will, no doubt, inundate us with reruns of reruns! So Jon and Kate will continue to rake in the big bucks. The kids will be raised by nannies as their two absentee parents try to stay in the spotlight and avoid having to work for a living. At least with the nannies the children should have some structure and consistency in their lives. So, maybe they are better off.

I just happened to flipping through channels and noticed the finale was on today. I only watched one segment and I noticed the way Jon treated his kids. Maddy and Kara {i hope im spelling that right} were treated horribly by Jon simply because they claimed he wasn’t as fun as their mom. Honestly, he treated all his kids terribly at the fire station segment and barely showed any emotion throughout the whole affair. I agree with Kate when she says that one can never know when Jon is vying for a publicity stunt.

Am I the only one who thinks that Jon is completely ‘high’ in this episode??? He displays symptoms of drug use for certain. Also, it doesn’t appear to me as if he is trying to be “the best parent that he can be”. Seems to me that he has already lost everything ‘except’ his children…but they are next and last if he doesn’t get his act together. He displayed no tolerance with his children in the final episode either….made me sick watching him actually. Maddy and Carra were barked at by Jon for nothing other than stating that they liked doing things with their Mom. Also, I was shocked when he spoke of really enjoying having his home life in one location and his work location (children) in another. Okay Jon….YOU JUST DON’T GET IT DO YOU??? You never will either. That is evident.